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To: CodeToad
Check out the information on the Starfish Prime Nuclear Test. It caused electrical problems in Hawaii over 900 miles away. This was in 1962, I'm just speculating here, but circuits are much smaller and I think more susceptible to EMP effects if not properly shielded.
41 posted on 05/14/2017 9:01:37 AM PDT by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring

I’ve check that out LONG ago. The reason anything in Hawaii was destroyed was that the street lights and the phone line that were affected were connected to very long wires and had no overvoltage protection. An EMP would have some effect, but very little. Your little computers may have to be rebooted, but they won’t be destroyed. Your car may choke for a second or even stop running but will restart just fine. Most systems wouldn’t even notice an EMP.

EMP isn’t a weapon in the US arsenal because it has little effect.

It is ridiculous to think we were doing SDI in the 1980’s when all we had to do was cause a cheap and easy EMP instead.


75 posted on 05/14/2017 9:26:18 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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